John C. O'Neill

John C. "Red" O'Neill (1940-) was a US Army sergeant during the Vietnam War.

Biography
John C. O'Neill was born in 1940 to a family of Irish descent, and he joined the US Army during the Vietnam War. By September 1967, he was a Sergeant in Bravo Company of the US 25th Infantry Division, and he and his platoon patrolled along the Cambodian border. He was loyal to Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes, one of the NCOs who claimed leadership of the platoon, but he hid under a dead body during the New Years' Day Battle of 1968 to avoid being seen by the NVA.